GRE Word List
PHYSIOGNOMY
the art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance
The meaning of the word physiognomy is the art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| politic | political |
| monarchy | undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person |
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| imperious | marked by arrogant assurance : domineering |
| brazen | made of brass |